Originally Posted by
CaptainNameless
The issue isn't do the majors have enough applicants. The issue is do they want the regional lift staffed or will they just cancel flights when the time comes. Attrition at XJT will begin to hit in the 100/month range soon. What are their options to slow that? If they don't need the flights, then no retention ideas will be proposed. At 100 pilots/month, things will get very ugly very quickly. Will be fun to watch.
I think UAL is about to do what DAL did after their merger and drop a lot of smaller (less profitable) markets, and hence, the airplanes that fly to them.